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Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source

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Warmed mostly by the sun, 150 million km away, shielded by a thin but protective atmosphere, the temperature at the surface averages 14 to 15 degrees Celsius—a good number to support liquid oceans and a riot of carbon-based life. Jupiter is a different story.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to present first Starship update since 2019 [webcast]

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At that point, the rocket – known as the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) – was to be 12 meters (39 ft) in diameter, 122 meters (400 ft) tall, and made almost entirely out of carbon-fiber composites.

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